Clarion 1980-11-21 Vol 56 No 11

Eighteen white rats are the subjects for the psychology department's personality study (photo
by Dan Velie).
Students struggle for small classes
Crowded classrooms translate into packed hallways before and after chapel, and during class
breaks (photo by Dan Velie).
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St. Paul, Minnesota 55112 the Clarion. Vol. 56, No. 11 Bethel College, St. Paul, MN Nov. 21, 1980
Rats join the Bethel race
by Leann M. Kicker
Do rats have perSonal-ity?
That is the question
Mike Roe, assistant profes-sor
of psychology and Tam-my
Roedel, research assis-tant,
are testing in a study
done here at Bethel.
Eighteen white rats and
about 65 students partici-pate
in the study. The stu-dents
work as raters. The
rater observes the behavior
of the rat in a particular
setting and records the ani-mal's
actions.
The research is strictly
observational. "We don't
do anything cruel to the
rats," said Roedel. "We
only observe their behavior.
We don't use shock, for
example."
The purpose of the study
is to prove _t hat animals
have personality. Roe and
Roedel use the definition
of personality based on
the human model that states
that there are "individual
differences in rats," said
Roedel.
The concept that ani-mals
have-personalities con-trasts
with the behaviorist
theory that animals are
empty organisms influen-enced
by their environment.
So far there has been
little work done in this
.area, according to Roedel.
Roe and Roedel intend to
publish the results of the
research.
Roe and Roedel also think
that the results may be an
aid to animal handlers. Roe-del
said that if they find
personalities in rats, that
information might be help-ful
both in learning to han-dle
difficult animals and
in raising animals that are
easier to handle. This would
be similar to the way know-ledge
of human behavior
is used to help individuals
with behavioral problems,
said Roedel.
This study is a "sta-tistical
study of animal be-havior,
not just a verbal
description," said Roedel.
"That ' should make the
study carry more weight."
The rats are given num-bers
rather than names but
Roedel affectionately calls
many of them "Baby."
When the new science
wing is complete, it will
include a large psycho-logy
department with an
animal laboratory. Roedel
said, "Maybe we will have
other animals besides rats
in the laboratory,"
Prayer chain links women and needs
by Shari Goddard
Like an alarm set-off for
a fire, a group of faculty
wives and other women
at Bethel quickly meets
crises with a chain of pray-er.
When someone phones
a prayer request to Mar-garet
Grudem, chairperson
of the project, she calls the
captains of the three indi-vidual
chains, who then
call the next person on
their lists. In this way,
approximately 40 women
eventually receive the pray-er
request.
As they receive a phone
call, each woman writes
down the message, prays
immediately and calls the
next person on the list. If
no one answers the phone,
she calls the next person
on the list. The group han-dles
answers to prayer in
the same way.
"That (prayer), I think,
is one of the greatest things
we can do," said Nancy
Lundquist, a member of
one of the groups. She add-ed
that when a prayer re-quest
"goes through, we
don't chat about it. It is
given verbatim and it is
passed on verbatim."
Any person can call Gru-dem
at (612) 636-2587 with
a request. Lundquist said
that requests often come
through without specific
details, but "that's fine be-cause
the Lord knows the
details." Calls for help
range from students who
are having problems at
school, to prayer for help
during the delivery of a
baby, to a recent request
for prayer for a possibly
abducted child. If some-one
needs meals delivered
during a crisis, Grudem
said they can also help in
that way.
The chain serves as an
outlet for the Bethel Facul-ty
Women's organization.
Open to women, whether
faculty members or the
wives of faculty members,
see page 3
by JoAnn Watkins
"There are over 50 people
in my Bible class," the fresh-man
exclaimed.
"I think that is a bit
unusual," a friend said.
"There are about 20 in most
of my classes."
"Yeah, and I couldn't
get those smaller classes
because they were closed,"
a third stated.
As these students discov-ered
the size of classes
vary from under 10 to over
100. The smallest classes
are primarily upper level
classes. Directed study pro-grams
generally involve one
student. The advanced class-es
in departments such as
linguistics, Spanish, social
work and theatre arts enroll
a small number of students.
Different sizes of classes
can be found in all depart-ments.
The introductory
courses have the largest
enrollments.
By departments, the great-est
number enrolled, 977,
is in the physical education
skill classes. The average
class size is 22 with 45 dif-ferent
classes meeting dur-ing
the semester.
The largest class, a sec-tion
of Theology I with
139 students, gives the theo-ogy
department the largest
average class size: 71, The
smallest average class size
is 5 in secondary education
which is compromised of
upper level courses.
The Biblical studies de-partment,
a large depart-ment
at Bethel, has an aver-age
class size of 41 with
733 enrolled.
With 445 enrolled in busi-ness
classes, the average
class size is 28. The aver-age
class size for the bio-logical
science and psycho-logy
departments are res-pectively
16 and 35.
Overall the average class-size
at Bethel is 22. This is
not the same as a student-to-
teacher ratio since some
courses are team-taught.
The sizes were figured
from a departmentalized
fall course schedule. The
average is not based on
the number of different
students enrolled in the
department but the num-ber
of enrollments. Student
teaching and labs held in
connection with another
class were not included in
figuring the averages.
see page 3
editorial
Semester end is near:
downhill from here on
To the Editor:
I am writing this letter
in response to Alvera Mick-elsen's
letter to the editor
in the October 31 Clarion.
Since I am composing this
the day after the election
one might think that I
would take the spoils from
the victory of the last twen-ty-
four hours and smugly
be silent.
I cannot. The fact is that
winning an election means
nothing unless one can im-plement
the principles es-poused
in the campaign. I
believe Mrs. Mickelson's
arguments against a hu-man
life amendment are
illfounded for a number of
reasons.
Logically, if one were to
apply Mrs. Mickelsen's pre-mise
to our governmental
processes we would legal-ize
anything we couldn't
completely control. We
now have laws on the
books in all 50 states mak-ing
rape, the sale of hard
drugs, robbery, murder and
countless other actions il-legal.
Have any of these
crimes against humanity
been eradicated? Have any
even been held in check?
Almost all reports indicate
that these crimes are on
the increase.
Should we then conclude
that since we cannot con-trol
these acts we ought to
legalize them as some sug-gest?
The practical rami-fications
of this line of
reasoning are preposter-ou
s.
Biblically the purpose
of government as stated in
Romans 13:1-5 and I Peter
3:13-14 is to be "The ser-vant
of God" who will "exe-cute
His wrath who do
right." This is obviously
an activist role ordained
by God to "withhold the
onslaught of the barbar-ians"
as William Buckley
once said.
We must be mindful that
this mandate was given in
the New Testament not
the Old s- o there is no ques-tion
of its application to
the present day. Also we
must remember that it was
stated to Christians, who
were living under the dom-ination
of a purely pagan
Roman government.
It seems reasonable to
say that God expects far
more from a nation com-posed
of many individu-als
who claim to be
Christ's, who claim to give
allegiance to His Word and
who are directly involved
in a participatory demo-cracy.
We, after all, are the
government in a far great-er
sense than the citizens
in a Roman dictatorship.
As citizens in a demo-cracy
we share responsi-hilit
y for ils.actions unless
we have done all we could
before God to right the
wrongs we perceive. I ad-mit
Tha l America is not a
Christian nation, but that
fact does not excuse Chris-tians
from having a Scrip-ture-
directed influence in
that society.
I reject the idea that we
ought not get involved in
the abortion issue because
it will continue even if a
human life amendment is
see page 3
Dear Editor,
This morning, before I
turned on the shower, I
prayed that it would be
lukewarm. For the past 60
to 70 days my prayer has
been for hot water, but
every morning it's the same
story — freezing cold. I
thought that maybe I was
asking for more than I real-ly
need, so I reduced my
request from hot water to
lukewarm water. Believing
with all my heart, I step-ped
into the shower.
My bloodcurdling scream
brought my roommates
into the bathroom to see,
what the problem was. When
they realized what I was
screaming about, their only
counsel was to "curse God
and die."
Cold showers are only
part of the problem of liv-ing
in Fountain Terrace
Apartments. In my apart-ment,
the .ceiling is only
half there. Although this
makes a great conversa t inn
piece, ii is an inconven-ience.
We live on the third
floor, so the missing ceil-ing
allows falling rain into
the living room. Who knows
what will happen during
the spring thaw. Maybe
we'll build an ark. The
dripping ceiling also limits
where we put the furni-ture
because we have to
maneuver around the pots
and pans that are catching
the drips.
Our refrigerator is an-other
cause of anguish. Our
freezer doesn't freeze. This
means no pizza, frozen vege-tables,
ice cream, fish sticks
and pot pies because either
they spoil or melt all over.
As a consequence, macaroni
and cheese has been our
diet since September.
October 1 another prob-lem
was added to the list.
The heat went on. No mat-ter
if the thermostat is set
on 50 degrees, our apart-ment
is 78 degrees. I didn't
realize thaI when I signed
the lease I ,would gel a
sauna.
Other minor problems
are building my
lion. In the bathroom there
is only one spot to plug in
anything. Four girls with
four hairdryers and four
curling irons with an ocas-sional
hot rollers are all
competing for one solitary
outlet.
Besides this, Our living
room curtains don't shut.
So far this has attracted to
our sliding glass door t
total strangers, water hal-loons,
and pumpkin insides.
The part that scares me
about this is that because
our apartment is so hot,
we have to open the window.
This means anyone could
climb up the balcony when
they see that girls live in
the apartment, because of
the non-shut table curtains,
and walk right into the
living room.
I could go on and men-lion
the problems that Foun-tain
Terrace residents are
having, butt hey corn kvri te
see page 3
letters
Ratify amendment; maintain morality
I should have started with -this one , .
$400 for cold water, hot apartment?
Zoom in. No, not too close. A little bit out of focus. Get
the frame centered on the subject. Ah, back a bit. Got it
in focus? Good. Snap the shutter. You have just photo-graphed
yourself.. You took a while to get into focus.
Things were a bit blurry. It's that time.
Things are at low tide. Depression is setting in.
Things are tough—all over. Spiritual, emotional, social,
Physical—every part of you is tired. We were warned of
this two and a half months ago. But here we are.
Hard to find words. Ideas don't stick together. Com-mas,
periods, semi-colons, question marks—words-land
like a black blob on paper. Topic sentences lack
continuity, paragraphs miss the point. The barrage of
paperwork seems senseless, not to mention endless.
The time we thought we would have for people is
slowly diminiShing; for many it is already gone. We are
on a treadmill that won't stop spinning. At least not for
four more weeks. The end is in sight.
Can you believe it'? We sang a song of beginning only
a short while ago. Now we begin the down side of the
hill, even though th6 climb may feel uphill.
We cry out. "God, it is hard and I nekl your help."
Maybe that's the problem. We forgot to cry out—before
we found ourselves waist-high in immovable mire.
Now we are stuck. We don't have a choice. Only way
out is up. Funny how that works.
Admit it. We have been depending on ourselves more
than we want to confess to. It need not be something to
hide. We are all guilty. If we weren't we wouldn't be in
the mess we are in right now.
We can't turn back and retrace what we have already
done. The future is all we can look for. If we've gotten
ourselves into a predicament, well, we will have to get
ourselves out of that very same predicament. It's tough,
being a student, a prof, a human being. But, you know
what? It can ... it will ... all work out. The picture will
develop clearly—no blurs. God promiSed.
—job
Joy Nannette Banta, edito r
Jay Stuart Russell, associate edi tor''
Shari Goddard, news editor
Ellie Abbott, sports editor
Doug rkey, photography editor
Mari Broman, copy editor
Art Gibbens, production editor
Suanne Hawkins, business manager
ratty Sutton, editorial assistant
Beth Nystrom, graphics
Ted Lewis, columnist
Juan Ortiz, cartoonist
Nance Dornfeld, ad sales
Page 2
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Construction on the science addition 'has begun with the familiar onslaught of machinery,
bricks, noise... and mud (photo by Doug Barkey).
Page 3
Faculty open sexuality forum
by Randy Pate
Bethel faculty and admin-istration
were recently in-volved
in the first of five
forums on human sexual-ity.
Glenace Edwall, asso-cialeprofessor
of pscyhol-ogy,
spoke on "A Psycholo-gical
Perspective on Hu-man
Sexuality."
To the Editor:
I would just like to take
the time to thank openly
at this point in the year,
Dave Lucas, Caryl Brown,
Cindy Robinson, Warren
Barber, Arnie Abens, Deb
Bowman, Janet Brown, San-dy
Erickson, Karen Evans,
Pete Franzen, Randy John-son,
Rick Kreu tzfeld I, Todd
Magnuson, Lams Maxwell
Steve Prange, Patricia San-toian,
Mark Wollan, Keith
Mason, Bobbie Lee, Micheal
Kleven, Eileen Hermanson
and Rich Bell.
Thank you for working
extra hours to raise funds
for the handicapped stu-passed.
Admittedly abor-tions
will continue. But
this same rationale was
used in history when Su-preme
Court Chief justice
Taney wrote in the Dred
Scott decision prior to the
Civil War that black slaves
"had far more than a cen-tury
before been regarded
as beings of an inferior
order, altogether unfit to
associate with the white
race... and that the negro
might justly and lawfully
be reduced to slavery for
his benefit."
Many of the 35 people
present seemed pleased
with the program. Tom
Correll, professor of an-thropology,
said, "This for-urn
ranks right at the top
of any academic intellec-tual
experiences I have
been involved in during
my ten years as a profes-sor
here." Dale Johnson,
dents at Bethel, for giving
time and money to Hope
Missions and for again spen-ding
hours upon hours in
developing a major project
for this year that will im-prove
Bethel College as
well as support outside
local missions. •
You hang in there even
though there is zero praise
and often ridicule of being
a Bethel College senator.
You're a great bunch of
students and it has been
an honor for me to be able
to work with a group that
has as much character as
you.
Charlie
Dean of Men
We have heard the
"rights" of the woman car-rying
the doomed child in
her womb to the exclusion
associate professor of art,
said the talks were 'Just
great."
Faculty Development Co-ordinator
Tom Johnson is
in charge of the program.
He wants the lectures to
bring a number of academ-ic
perspectives to the topic
of human sexuality.
The meetings convene
directly after the regular
faculty meetings. After the
lecture, two respondents,
chosen ahead of time, have
a chance to reply on the
subject matter.
Johnson said the feeling
toward the lecture is good.
He is looking forward to
the upcoming January 6
lecture by Tom Correll on
"An Anthropological Per-spective
on Human Sexual-ity."
Class size, from page 1
An average was not fig-ured
for the applied music
department which involves
the performing groups and
private lessons.
Why could the third stu-dent
in the conversation
above not get into a class
if it was small but closed?
A class is closed when the
number of students regis-tered
for the class reaches
a set limit.
"The limit is set by the
of the equally legitimate
rights of the child just as
we chose to hear only the
rights of Dred Scott's "own-er"
to the exclusion of the
human rights of Mr. Scott.
You may claim that the
unborn child is not human
or not created in the image
of God, but if you cannot
partake of that casuistry
then we cannot partake of
the hypocrisy of ignoring
the child's right to life. The
two positions simply do
not mix.
No, Mrs. Mickelsen, abor-tions
will not end, but the
Scripture's mandate for gov-ernment
is to carry out its
task of punishing the evil
doer and protecting the
innocent whether or not it
is completely effective in
that task. We as Christians
can best show our alle-giance
to our Master by at
least "attempting to effec-tively
protect the rights of
all human life and aiding
the troubled mother with
economic help, spiritual
and psychological comfort,
acceptance in Christian
love and compassion re-gardless
of the repugnance
teacher," said Dr. Paul Fin-lay,
registrar. "It is the
number he wants in the
class." Finlay said the prin-ciples
teachers use for set-ting
the limits include their
style of teaching and their
plans for the class.
"Most often its's the capa-city
of the room," Finlay
said. He said that beCause
all the classrooms are used
during B, G and H modules
the classes may be sche-of
her contemplated acts
and if necessary provide
adoption services to her.
We must never in any
way assist her in destroy-ing
the spark of life in her
that also was created in
the image of God. The on-ly
time we are justified in
taking the life of another
is in self-defense when
that life clearly threatens
our own.
In Psalm 94:16ff the
Psalmist asks "Who rises
up for me against the wick-ed?
Who stands up for me
against the evil doer? ...
Can the wicked rulers be
allied with thee, who frame
mischief by statute? They
band together against the
life of the righteous, and
condemn the innocent to
death." The answer to this
question should include
Christians who consistent-ly
apply complete under-standing
of Scripture to
the difficult problems fac-ing
us.
Sincerely,
Ken Lewis
Bethel Alumnus
(C 66-68 S 7074)
Bethel Field Area Represen-tative
duled in a smaller room
than the teacher originally
desired.
In some situations the
number enrolled may be
more than the limit set by
the teacher or the room
capacity. "They needed in,"
said Robert Weaver, assis-tant
professor of business,
who allowed more stu-dents
than his set limit to
enroll in his business re-sources
management class.
He said his reasons for
allowing a student to enroll
in a full class included late
registration and a need for
the class for a concentra-tion
or cognate. He said he
sets the limit lower than
capacity to allow for this.
Classes for spring semes-ter
will vary in size as
they do this fall. Students
who find classes closed
that they need for their
program may find that teach-their
own letters. Besides,
the proper authorities alrea-dy
know about the show-ers,
the heat, and our ceil-ing
because the Fountain
Terrace A.D.s have com-plained
every week at the
A.D. meetings. Other Foun-tain
Terrace residents have
also brought their com-plaints
to ot herofficials.
My real purpose in writing
this, however, is not to
demand luxury: Comfort
would be nice, but I can
live without that for seven
more months. The question
that has been bothering
me is this: why are we
paying nearly four hun-dred
dollars per month?
ers are flexible on the limits
for their class.
Prayer chain
from page 1
not all members of the
organization also belong
to the prayer chain.
Each year chain mem-bers
re-sign for the group,
to insure interest and avail-ability.
This year three
groups have formed. Mem-bers
have the option of
belonging to a morning,
evening or an all-day
group. This helps estab-lish
when a person can
most easily be reached.
"It helps me feel a part
of Bethel," said Grudem.
"The only thing I regret is
not having kept a log of
the answered prayers." She
said that she plans to keep
one this year.
Several apartments in
the area such as Brighton
Village and Chateau Ro-yal
charge between three
and four hundred dollars
per month — but they have
hot water. They probably
have ceilings that don't
drip, freezers that freeze
and curtains that don't al-low
strange men to peer
into the apartment.
Maybe four hundred dol-lars
is for the fan in the
bathroom that automati-cally
goes on when the
light is turned on.
Sincerely,
Debra A. Anderson
I doubt that many
thought that the Emanci-pation
Proclamation would
summarily end slavery to
say nothing of racism. Yet
Lincoln proceeded to issue
the edict. I can remember
letters
`Great bunch of students'
loaded with character
Amendment, from page 2
when people used this argu-ment
that one "cannot leg-islate
morality" when the
1964 Civil Rights Act was
being hotly debated. Did
racism cease when the act
was passed? Hardly! Then
should we repeal it?
As important as human
dignity, personal freedom
from slavery and civil
rights are, how much more
important is the most ba-sic
right of all: the right of
the innocent to life itself?
The Dred Scott decision
labelled a certain segment
of humanity as sub-human
and therefore not entitled
That sort of reasoning to basic rights. The Su-ironically
sounds like the preme Court's decision in
slogan that says that "every Roe Vs. Wade in 1973 arbi-child
deserves to be a want- trarily and without prece-ed
child." The implication dent did the same thing. It
being that we are doing relegated the unborn child
the unwanted child a favor to the status of a blob, a
when we permit its mur- fetus or the "Products of
der by abortion. Conception" as the seman-tics
define "it." "It" is there-fore
not worthy of protec-tion
under the Constitution
of our land.
Cold water, from page 2
Rick Talbot, senior, helped establish a Bethel branch of the
Intercollegiate Religious Broadcasters (photo by Doug Bar-key).
for a year or two.
I haven't been through
the unspeakable grief of
having several friends and
family members die in one
winter. But I have had to
learn to let my old nature
die, and that process is by
71, , •
no means painless.
I wasn't taught to fish
and plant corn by the fri-endly
forest dwellers. But
the new friends You gave
me have strengthened me
by their kindness and help-ed
me through the tough
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right by side,
now he's gone
Page 4
Modern pilgrim can thank God too
by Sue Fahrenkamp
The Intercollegiate Reli-gious
Broadcasters (IRB)
is a national organization
that students at Bethel can
get involved with to assist
in a broadcasting career.
The IRB is a student
branch of the National Reli-gious
Broadcasters (NRB),
a voice for religious broad-casters.
The NRB is a pro-fessionarorganization
which
aids new Christian radio
and television stations that
are just starting out. The
NRB also lobbies in Wash-ington,
D.C.
Students involved in IRB
may attend the annual job
fair, held this year in Wash-ington,
D.C. The members
of IRB pay a reduced rate
at the national and re-gional
conventions. The stu-dents
receive a membership
card and are put on a mail-ing
list. The members of
IRB also get a monthly
magazine entitled "Reli-gious
Broadcasting."
Students can get invol-ved
in IRB by filling out a
registration form and pay-ing
a registration fee. "This
organization is good for
anyone interested in broad-casting,"
said Rick Talbot,
From the November 5, 1953
issue
Article, "Friend Forgotten"
reprinted in its entirety.
He was always there
when I needed him but I
guess that's the only time I
paid much attention to
him. Besides, I had so many
friends. He used to be
around a lot in the morn-ings
but I preferred to
study, so I didn't have
much time to talk to him.
He took too much of my
time.
One day I remember pro-misinp,
I'd go with him
somewhere—I don't remem-by
Jerry Manus
Thanks, God.
You know I didn't cross
an ocean in a small crow-ded
ship. But I did drive a
long way in a car that I
wasn't sure would make
it.
I didn't stand on alien
shores contemplating the
awesome task of creating
a home in the wilderness.
But I was almost over-whelmed
by the prospects
of adapting to a new life
style, and meeting all the
costs involved.
I didn't permanently exile
myself from my home,
friends and loved ones. But
You know, Lord, it wasn't
easy to say goodbye, even
IRB member.
IRB deals with all areas
of broadcasting such as
radio, television and cable
television. The IRB deals
with Christian radio and
television stations around
the world.
The organization is new
around campus, but not
around the country. Phi-lip
Rohler, instructor in
speech-communication, and
Talbot, a Bethel student,
worked to get IRB estab-lished
at Bethel.
Currently 12 students from
Bethel and Northwestern
College are involved.
ber the particular place—
hut it was where he want-ed
to go. But I forgot about
it. Usually the others want-ed
me with them.
He was always asking
me if I loved him. I don't
know why he always ask-ed
me. None of the others
did. He seemed to want
me for himself but there
wasn't much time for that.
There were always so
many other things to do;
studies, games and organ-izations
and church. I'd go
with him there,-but he still
wasn't satisfied.
see page 5
by Naomi Ludeman
How do you spell relief?
C—O—M—P—U—T—E----R
Registering for classes is a
chaotic time. With the pur-chase
of computer termin-als,
Bethel has attempted
to lower the chaos and
pressure during class re-gistration,
Management Information
System (MIS) is the compu-ter
terminal into which fall,
interim and spring classes
were punched. "It's interest-ing
to watch my name and
courses compute onto a
screen," said one student.
Time and cost are chief
advantages of the new sys-tem.
Before last summer, school
registration was a long and
tedious job. The informa-tion
could be fed into a
computer only after the
students registered for their
classes and the computer
cards were collected and
in order.
With the new system,
classes are punched direct-ly
into the terminal and
into students' records. The
system has much less pa-per
work for the registrars.
Laurie Merritt, record su-pervisor,
said, "This fall
registration was more work
because we did it both
ways in case we didn't
operate the machines cor-rectly.".
They did not use
the back-up system for in-terim
or spring registra-
Carol Chryst, the new
registration systems coor-dinator,
said, "The system
will eventually cut costs."
,Previously Bethel bought
time on an off-campus com-puter
system called Pro-gress
Management Services
(PMS). Chryst worked for
PMS for five years before
she came to Bethel.
Anot her advantage of the
new system is the "ease in
handling information," said
Chryst. "I don't have to
look things up in files. It is
great fun!"
The Registrar's Office is
not the only "relieved" off-ice
to use MIS. Public Affairs,
Admissions, Development,
Student Affairs and Stu-dent
Accounts all use the
system. Each office has its
own password into the coin-pu
ter program so that it
can not intrude on other
programs.
The disadvantage to MIS
is that it can break down.
"But a repair man usually
comes the same day to fix
it," said Chryst .
Bethel owns two compu-ters.
One is on the fourth
floor near the dean's off-ice.
This is the school busi-ness
computer. The other
is by Doc's corner for st .u-dent
and faculty use. The
purchase of 11 terminals
last spring makes the sys-tem
complete.
spots.
I didn't travel to a
strange land to find free-dom
to worship You. But I
did come here to learn to
serve You more and to
know You better. So I, too,
am a pilgrim.
And just as the Pilgrims,
after all their hardships,
found it in their hearts to
thank You, so do I. For
considering me worth the
trouble and patience it takes
to cause me to grow, for
watching over me in a stran-ge
place and never turning
Your back on me, I offer
you my own humble thanks-giving.
Thanks God.
Senate turns
project plans
Inside-Out
by Sue Fahrenkamp
The student senate plans
a lighted running track and
increased security on cam-pus
as part of Project In-side-
Out.
The new t rack, considered
because of the demand,
will be lighted, so stu-dents
can run at night. "A
poll taken at Bethel showed
that over half the student
body jogs," said Janet Brown,
student senator. The type
of surface has not been
decided.
A date for the start or
completion of the project
is still uncertain. Pre-sently,
the senate is work-ing
with the administra-tion
to decide where the
track will go. The senate
wants to plan the track
around the new fieldhouse
— in a spot where it will
not be disrupted in five
years by new buildings.
Another senate project
is increased security on
campus. The senate is not
sure which goal will be
completed first.
Senate hopes to raise
funds through Project In-side-
Out. The money will
go for inside projects, such
as the running track, and
projects outside campus,
such as missions.
Project Inside-Out start-ed
last Friday, when sen-ate
sponsored 1 he movie
night. Eight events are plan-ned
throughout the year to
raise money. Sixty per cent
will go for inside projects,
and fort y per cent will go
for the outside project.
IRB aids student broadcasters
Programs offered
in Biblical,
historical and.
theological
studies, missions,
'Christian educa-tion,
church
ministries, and
lay leadership at
the certificate,
master's and
doctoral levels.
Page 5
WildHoney and Camel Hair
Conformity forces 'means to an end' mentality
Lucie R. Johnson, Bethel's new associate psychology profes-sor,
has a special interest in analyzing children's drawings
(photo by Dan Velie).
Johnson explores art
for children's ideas
Lucie R. Johnson, new
associate professor Of
psychology, fits easily in-to
Bethel's Swedish atmos-phere
with her blond hair
and blue eyes.
Johnson is a developmen-tal
psychologist presently.
working on a project with
children's drawings of peo-ple.
The children are three
to four years old, just begin-ning
to draw and no longer
scribble.
According to Johnson,
"Drawing is like evolving
a language. To put objects
on paper and,come to the
realization that a circle can
represent a person is excit-ing.
It is problem-solving."
The purpose of Johnson's
project is to try to under-stand
how and what chil-dren
think when they
draw.
Johnson is married and
has two children: Marc,
12, and Paul, 10. Her hus-band
Earl works with com-puters
and develops soft-ware—
any kind of instruc-tions
one would give a
computer, according to
Johnson.
In her spare time- John-son
likes lo read in many
different areas such as phil-osophy,
theology • and
science fiction. Sometimes
she does some leather tool-ing.
Johnson says that hob-by
"is kind of dead right
now; at Christmas it comes
by Leann M. Kicker more alive."
Johnson came to Bethel
from the University of Min-nesota
Institute of Child
Development where she
worked in research. How-ever,
she likes teaching
very much as she has
taught in other colleges.
So, when an opportunity
came up at Bethel, she took
advantage of it. She likes
working in a Christian col-lege
framework: "It is nice
because you get to help
integrate faith with learn-ing.
In secular schools you
see the need but cannot do
anything unless they ap-proach
you first," she said.
As lime went by I grew
a little stronger and then I
enjoyed 1 he host of com-panions
grouped about Inc.
But I was rat her neglectful
of him. He would talk to
me often and tell me about
as place we might go ()ge-
1 her some day, if I loved
hint But "someday" seem-ed
so far away. Often I
didn't hear him when he
talked for the other voices
Files, from page 4
Then suddenly—with-out
warning—I grew vio-lently
ill and for daysl lay
upon my bed barely con-scious.
During this lime he
never left my side. My
other friends were there
sometimes, t 00.
by Ted Lewis
Computers or students? I/6u decide. "Pieces of intel-lectual
apparatus, ticking away, waiting for the teacher
to push all the familiar buttons: Important Fact ... Big
Idea ... Assignment Due ... Test Question ... Right
Answer ... Required Reading ... click-click-click.
"Watch the teacher—find out what he wants—do it—
get the grade—pass the course--7 take your degree-get
the job—watch the boss—find out what he wants—
do it—get the raise..." Such was Theodore Roszak's
description of his college students.
Computers don't feel emotional stress. Students do
when they function like computers. Last week the
column unveiled a stress-worn student who felt drained
by his education rather than fulfilled. Why do we face
stress?
The symptoms of stress surface through our com-plaints:
"I've got too little time to finish: finish all my
studies and still do other things; I've got too much
homework and too many other things to do; I get so
little fulfillment from dull or difficult studies." So we
hate the pressure, yet submit to the pressure. "Down the
road, it'll pay off," we assure ourselves.
Stress, more common than the common cold, often
results from the virus "disintegratis." When what we do
becomes disintegrated from who we fully are, we're
quite susceptible to this virus. For example, when the
'doing' aspect of washing dishes or writing papers
becomes distasteful to us, the 'finishing' aspect alone
tends to fulfill us. In brief, the process is endured for the
product, be it wages or grades.
If we don't like to study, studying will rub against us.
We all can tolerate certain degrees of stress. In fact,
stress is often helpful, making us adapt to new situa-tions
creatively. But too much stress overloads our
minds and bodies. Some authories say 85 per cent of
all symptoms show a reaction to emotional stress.
- So how do we cope? We can start by opening our eyes
to the 'whats,"whys' and 'knows' of stress and its
causes. The following facts are left open for consider-ation.
Fact: First grade. The sheep are divided from the
goats (and literally in those reading groups with animal
names). Smart ones get rewards for duplicating what
the teacher wants. Dumb ones, labeled 'slow,' get poor
grades. Everyone's status is marked, by and large, for
the next 16 years.
Fact: Even our college grading system rewards "pre-dictable
conformity," reinforcing students to learn
were so loud. As I watched
him, he seemed different
than the others, sort of
quiet but kind and tender,
nevertheless.
quite happy. My friends
grew merry—but he grew
sad.
Then one day he turned
to me and said, "Lovest
Gradually it became ap- thou me more than these?"
parent that I would get I shook my head. And he
well. They never left my t urned and slowly left the
side, nor did he. I was room.
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what is expected of them. This accumulative learning
approach makes knowledge a means to the end of
grades, and often discourages students from integrative
learning. This latter approach views knowledge as a
fulfilling end when creative and critical thought reward
the student.
Fact: "Listen closely, young American. Do you want
to be successful in society? Then ya gotta earn your
education ... yes, earn that degree... and that nice job.
Then you can earn the American dream. You'll never be
happy without money."
Fact: American colleges are increasingly moving
away from liberal arts education and toward career
training education. Specialization reigns. And Bethel is
no exception. While the humanities wane, business
escalates.
Fact: Our economy is dovetailed with our educational
structure. The flat-fee tuition promotes students to
take four courses at a time in order to benefit finan-cially.
This ensures a healthy flow of students to pass
through Bethel. Unfortunately, most full-loaders don't
experience a healthy flow in their studies.
Before reading another article, stop and pull these
facts together. Discover how they may contribute to our
stress. The next "Wild Honey and Camel Hair" will
discuss practical alternatives to help restore an integra-tive
learning experience which indeed fulfills us, not
drains us.
Stay tuned to this channel.
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Magician turns to chemistry at Bethel
by JoAnn Watkins
From its beginnings as a
family celebration in Swe-den,
the Saint Lucia tradi-tion
has been observed in
many Swedish areas and
institutions. This year
Saint Lucia is part of the
Festival of Christmas at
Bethel.
The legend of Lucia orig-inated
in Syracuse, Sicily,
around the year 300 AD.
Lucia, a godly girl, was
engaged to a wealthy noble-man.
When Lucia's mother
became very ill, Lucia pray-ed
that God would restore
her mother's health, prom-ising
that if God would do
this she would give her
dowry to the Church.
Lucia became absorbed
in giving aid to the needy
after she kept her promise
to God for healing her mo-ther.
Her fiance turned her
over to Roman soldiers
who placed her in jail. The
Romans, who were perse-cuting
Christians, tortured
her, but she still professed
Christianity.
Her captors gouged out
her eyes and attempted to
burn her at the stake. She
was put to death by sword,
according to the legend, on
Dec. 13, 304. Later, the
early Church declared Lu-cia
a saint. She is now
known as Santa (Saint)
Lucia, who helped the poor
and gave her life for her
faith.
One legend tells how,
during a famine in Swe-den,
a large ship came
across Sweden's largest
lake. On the deck appeared
Lucia in a white robe with
a crown of light in her
hair. She distributed large
by Laura Phillips
Bethel's chemistry de-partment
has acquired a
new analytical chemist. A
native Californian, Steph-en
Wheeler is a self-taught
amateur magician. He has
given stage shows and
even built some of his own
magic equipment.
"I've always been inter-ested
in magic," said Wheel-er,
"ever since I was a kid."
While living in Minneso-ta,
Wheeler has performed
two magic shows: one
for U of M students at
Middlebrook Hall and one
in a nearby church. At
Bethel, though, Wheeler lim-its
his wizardry to the chem-istry
lab.
amounts of food to the
starving people.
The word. "Lucia" has
been traced to a Latin word
meaning light. When Lucia
is portrayed, she carries a
lamp or torch and her head
is outlined by a halow.
Lucia wears a long, white
robe with a red sash at the
waist and a metal crown
entwined with sprigs of
lingonberries.
The tradition of Lucia is
still celebrated throughout
Sweden. On Dec. 13, the
year's shortest and dark-est
day, Lucia comes and
lights begin to shine. Early
in-the morning on this day
the traditional Lucia cof-fee
is served. In most Swej
dish homes, the eldest
daughter serves coffee and
the customary Lucia buns,
"lussekat ter," to the mem-bers
of the household while
they are still in bed.
Saint Lucia and her
cowl will begin the Festi-val
of Christmas this year
)y Serving coffee and little
rakes to members of the
audience._
Wheeler grew up in Cali-fornia
where he received
his B.S. in chemistry from
the University of Santa
Clara in 1975. He then
moved to Minneapolis
where he received his
Ph.D. from the University
of Minnesota in 1979.
From 1979-1980 Wheeler
taught at Wheaton College,
filling in for a teacher on
sabbatical. While at Whea-ton
he met Jane Kellar, a
former TEAM missionary
to France, whom he will
.marry January 3.
The soft-spoken Wheel-er
joined Bethel's faculty
this fall. "I came to Bethel
by the 'open-and-shut-door
policy'," he said. The year
Wheeler graduated from
the U of M there was no
chemistry opening at Be-thel,
but there was at Whea-ton.
This year the door to
Wheaton closed, and the
door to Bethel opened.
A, Christian for a little
by Gloria Martin
Soon the Guthrie will
start its annual perfor-over
three years, Wheeler
is interested in chemistry
because "it's one way to
look deeper into God's crea-tion,"
he said. "I think the
Lord wants us to look and
marvel at His works."
Wheeler also sees the
natural sciences as a way
to glorify God.
"God has given ,me some-thing
that I can do and I
think He wants me to use
it," Wheeler said.
What does he like about
Bethel so far?
"I really enjoy the chance
to interact with students,"
Wheeler said. "I enjoy the
personable small college
atmosphere and have ap-preciated
the student in-teractions."
He also enjoys Bethel's
campus. "I really like the
campus setting with the
lake and the jogging trails,"
commented Wheeler. "It's
the prettiest campus I've
seen."
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Carol." In Charles Dicken's
delightful Christmas clas-sic
you will see the old
miser, Scrooge, transform-ed
into a loveable man in
one evening. The acting is
exquisite, and the stage is
equally charming.
The Campus Coordina-tors
have purchased 400
tickets for Bethel students.
Tickets are available for
Thursday, Dec. 11 and Fri-day,
Dec. 12. SI mien! s will
pay $4.75 for tickets val-ued
at about $6.00. They
will go on sale Wednes-day,
Dec. 3, on a first-come,
first-served basis.
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But, "It would be nice to
have a window in my 'of-fice,"
he said with a gentle
smile.
Wheeler believes he has
a ministry here at Bethel.
Focusing his daily class
devotionals on the theme
of living the victorious life,
Wheeler said, "I want to
do more here than just
teach chemistry; I want to
have an - eternal impact.
My number one goal is to
do something that will
count for eternity."
Though kept busy by
teaching four classes, Wheel-er
would like to be more
involved in research, pre-ferably
collaborating with
the research director at the
U of M. He would like to
pursue the areas of elec-trochemistry
and compu-ter
applications in the chem-istry
lab (e.g. interfacing
computers with chemical
instruments).
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Pep band adds spirit to sports
The Bethel Royal Pep Band
made its debute at the alum-ni
basketball game Satur-day,
Nov. 15.
Basketball coach George
Palke, athletic director
George Henry and band
director Charles Olson
have been working on plans
for the band for over a
year.
"Were really excited
about having a pep band,"
said Palke. "It adds a lot to
the game."
The basketball team and
the athletic department pur-
"We had a super trip to
Illinois and we also be-came
more spiritually to-gether
this year."
The football team, coached
by Dud Lot ton, ended.
the season with a 2 -6 con-ference
record and an over-all
record of 2 - 8. Concor-dia
was conference champ
with a record of 7-2-0 and
Macalester was behind the
Royals at 0 - 7- 1.
Jim Anderstrom led the
to a m p assing.. fo r 1D 88.
yards and ten touchdowns.
Ken Cooper ended the sea-son
with six touchdowns
and 36 pass receptions for
478 yards. Sophomore
Brian Flater ran a total of
350 yards for the season.
The enthusiasm of the
football team was great
this year and Lift ton was
also pleased with the spir-itual
unity of his team.
The women's cross coun-try
team finished the sea-son
placing sixth out of
eleven teams in the state
and 13th out of 23 teams at
the regional meet in Iowa.
Captain Brenda Harris
ran her last college cross
country race this fall as
the first Bethel cross coun-try
runner to complete four
years of competition. She
also lettered every year.
Coach Betz was new this
fall and enjoyed the sea-son.
Reflect ing on the over-all
season, he said, "We
began the season with two
veterans and 13 newcom-ers
to college cross coun-try.
Ellie Abbott ran stea-dy
all season, showing the
efforts of a good summer
program. Lana Lamers,
Brenda Harris, Linda Hall-
' blade, and Chris LeVeseur
ran their best at the mgion-al
meet al Iowa State.
"One of thehighlightsof
chased uniformS1T-shirts
and cowboy hats) for the
band.
The pep band, composed
of about 50 students, is
not limited to members of
the Concert Band. Any instru-mentalist
able to attend
rehearsals and performan-ces
is eligible.
The Bethel Royal Pep
Band rehearses once a week
under the direction of Steve
Lahm, student conductor
of the Concert Band. The
repertoire includes hit
tunes, marches and t radi-the
year for me was the
Friday morning sharing
time. We claimed a number
of God's promises includ-ing
Phil. 4:19: 'My God
shall supply all your needs
according to His riches in
glory in Christ Jesus."
The men's cross coun-try
team ended the season
in seventh place in the
MIAC 'and sixth place in
the NAIA district meet.
Brent Friesen ran the race
of his life at the district
meet and just missed quali-fying
for the national meet
by eight places.
Friesen, a fourth-year let-ter
winner this fall, re-ceived
a plaque for his
achievements. Ross Allen,
Ross Fleming and Dwight
Newman received two-year
awards and Mike Nel-son,
Bob Peitzman and Tim
Snyder were awarded first-year
awards.
Wheeler, from page 6
Though he has no imme-diate
plans for the future
except staying at Bethel,
Wheeler has considered
missions. "I would like to
be a non-professional mis-sionary
and teach the
sciences overseas," he said.
A downhill and cross-country
skier, Wheeler has
also played trombone for
a hobby. He enjoys listen-ing
to classical and roman-tic
symphonic music.
tional pep band pieces.
The band will perform
at one home game each
week throughout the bas-ketball
season. Olson hopes
to see the program expand
to include other sports next
year.
"We're really going to
have a good time in pep
band," said director Lahm.
And that's what pep band
is about, according to Ol-son.
"We're not . trying to
provide a profound musi-cal
experience," he said.
"Our goal is to contribute
enthusiasm, spirit, and
fun to sports events."
Reader contribution by
Dave Anderson, student
Do you feel that the cost of
a college education is in-creasing
uncontrollably? Them
is something you can do to
slow the increasing cost of
a college education.
Director of Physical Plant
Jim Woods estimates that
the electricity for.. the .col-lege
and seminary, plus
heating and cooling for the
acaderhic complex, will cost
about $230,000 for the 1980-
81 schoolyear. With the
utility bills for off-campus
housing and the heating
and other expenses for the
dorms and townhouses, the
figure swells to over
$400,000 — about $200
per student.
Though the utility- bills
at Bethel are • paid by a
special group of alumni,
and students do not direct-ly
pay for the energy they
use, someone pays the bill
for the lights and heat.
There are otherareas where
these funds could be used.
In 1973 the 3M corpora-tion
began an energy con-servation
drive. In the sev-en
years since that pro-gram
began approximate-ly
$40 million was cut
from their energy bill.
Those savings are enough
to operate the company
for one year — free. As of
1979, 26.3 per cent of 3M's
total amount of energy used
per unit of production
was saved.
Bethel's largest energy
consumers are lights, heat-ing
and water heaters. For
every 14 hours that a 75-
watt light is on, it costs
about four cents for electri-city,
for example. At times,
it becomes difficult to stay
warm in townhouses; a
wool sweater or a long-sleeved
flannel shirt can
be just as comfortable as a
high thermostat setting. A
one-degree decrease in ther-mostat
settino
b
equals a
three per cent decrease in
heating costs.
Hot water is a commod-ity
we seem to assume
will always be there. The
lack of hot water for morn-ing
showers could be avoid-ed
if everyone would (1)
turn off the water while
they lather up, (2) take a
somewhat cooler shower,
with less water pressure,
(3) turn off the faucet while
they brush their teeth, (4)
just let the faucet trickle
while they (guys) shave.
Remember, too, that open
doors and windows, wash-ers',
dryers, electric irons,
ovens, toasters, stereos, tel-evisions,
hair dryers and
so on, also use energy, and
not only small quantities of
it.
Some Bethel students'
actions seem to indicate
an attitude that says, "I
have paid my student ac-count
so I deserve to get
my money's worth." That
is a positive attitude with
reference to classes and
studying, but shouldn't ap-ply
to our thinking about
energy use.
Jesus urges us to be good
stewards of what has been
given to us (Luke 16:10
and Matt. 25:21). Our ener-gy
sources have been giv-en
to us, thus the analogy
applies.
Think about snowflakes.
As individual snowflakes
they seem most insignifi-cant.
Add enough snow-flakes
together though, and
they become a snow bank,
difficult to handle. Waste-ful
energy practices also
become more difficult to
deal with as they persist.
Direct any comments or
questions concerning ener-gy
conservation to Dave
Anderson, P 0 265.
, Chapel Schedule
Monday—Dan Taylor
(English prof)
Tuesday—Thanksgiv-ing
special (faculty)
Wednesday—Lee Elia-son
(worship service)
Thursday—Thanksgiv-ing
break
Friday—Thanksgiving
break
Johnson, from page 5
Johnson has a verycom-plimentary
first impres-sion
of Bethel. She said, "It
is the friendliest place I
have ever encountered. Peo-ple
talk to one another,
care about one another.
There is a general caring
atmosphere. Maybe you no-tice
it more when you are
new because people go out
of their way to .make you
feel comfortable."
Two of Johnson's stu-dents
said that Johnson is
easy to talk to and very
funny in class. Her soft-spoken
nature makes her
very easy to talk to about
anything, they said
Fall sports wrap-up, from page 8
You can conserve energy too
The men's basketball team lines up to practice for tomorrow night's game at 5:15 p.m. (Photo by Paul Gavic).
Defense operates as basketball key
Coach Dahl's hockey team opens up their hockey season tomorrow as they travel to Eau Claire.
(Photo by Paul Gavic)
Page 8 sports
Royals open season,
defeat alumni team 6-2
by Becky Dye
The Bethel varsity hock-ey
team opened their third
season last Saturday by
defeating the alumni team,
6-2, at Columbia Ice Arena.
Coach Craig Dahl corn-mented,
"We played pretty
well; there was a lot of
hustle. There are some fun-damental
things we need to
work on."
In the first period at
9:40, Eric Bottila blasted
one unassisted from the
blue line. Two minutes la-ter
Brian Hertel intercept-ed
a pass in front of the net
and fired for the second
score.
Alumnus Tom Correll
scored next- with an unas-sisted
goal into the corner
of the net. The Royals an-swered
this goal almost
immediately on a break-away
scored by Dave John-son.
Alumnus Bill Ostlund
then shot one in from the
by Ellie Abbott
The Bethel athletic pro-gram
had its "ups and
downs" this fall, bust for-tunately,
there were more
"ups" than last year. Al-most
every sport improved
their record from last year,
and the coaches already
look forward to next year.
The volleyball team had
the best season in several
years, and Coach Cindy
blue line to make the score
3-2.
The Royals took off in
the third period scoring
three goals. Dick Smith
scored on a pass to the
front of the net from team-mate
Steve Ries. The same
two teamed up for another
score on a perfectly exe-cuted
play set up in front
of the net by Ries and
tipped in by Smith. The
final goal of the game was
fired in from the blue line
by Guy Kaltman, making
the score 6-2.
Dahl, pointed out that
goalie Eric, "the Sour-dough"
Peterson, "did real-ly
well in the nets." Dahl
also complimented Bruce
Nord's line for doing a "su-per
job."
Tomorrow the Royal
hockey team travels to Eau
Claire, Wisc. Dahl corn-mented,
"They (Eau Claire)
lost to Superior this week.
I think they're in our league;
I think we'll do well."
Book was pleased with
their performance. Reflect-ing
on the season Book
said, "Both the varsity and
junior varsity had one of
the best seasons they have
ever had. The varsity fin-ished
21-11 overall and
the junior varsity finished
the season at 10-3."
The highlight of the sea-son
was the state tourna-ment
in which the Royals
tied for fifth place.
Although Coach Book
by Rob Haglund
This is the second of
two articles on Bethel bas-ketball,
taking a _look at
the strengths, weaknesses
and expectations of the
1980-81 Royal roundbal-lers.
Two things are certain
about the upcoming has-will
lose JoAnn Griffin and
Joy Sorenson to gradua-tion,
the team looks strong
for next year. Book was
encouraged off-season prac-tice
and said, "The return-ing
players are enthusias-tic
about coming back and
hopefully will play in the
spring and summer
U.S.V.B.A. (United States
Volleyball Association) or
attend summer camps."
The soccer team ended
their season with a 6-6-4
ketball season: 1) nothing
is certain and 2) no matter
what happens it should be
an exciting year.
This year's basketball
Royals were hit hard by
graduation, losing four
starters, three of whom
were all-conference. 'How
well the team fills those
vacancies will determine
the extent of their success.
Head coach George Pal-
• ke counts on added quick-ness
and stronger defense
to make up for the lack of
experience. Two players
that the Royals will look
to for experience are co-captains
Greg Edlund and
Andre LaBerge.
Edlund, a 6'5" senior
from Meadow Vista, Calif.,
has the most playing exper-ience
on this year's squad.
He should provide the lea-dership
the Royals need
from his wing position.
LaBerge, a 6'4" junior
from New Hope, Minn.,
will spark this year's team
with his intensity and hus-tle.
Coach Palke obviously
likes the effort LaBerge
puts out: "I doubt if any-one
puts more into the
game than Andre. He will
overall record, compared
to a 5-8-1 record last year.
They finished seventh out
of nine teams in the con-ference.
Coach Mark Leigh
said, "It was really disap-pointing
because we were
one win out of fourth place;
three teams tied for fourth
place."
Sophomore Mark John-son
and junior Andy Lar-son
made all-conference
and all-district this year,
so they will be ready for
action next year.
be our stopper ondefense,"
he said.
Anchoring the front line
will be Jason Velgersdyk,
a 6'8" sophomore from Edi-na,
Minn. According to Coach
Palke, Velgersdyk has pick-ed
up more confidence and
aggressiveness which,
coupled with his outstand-ing
leaping ability, should
make his a threat both
offensively and defensive-ly.
'The "sleeper" on this
year's team could very well
be Dwayne "Dewey" Nord-strom,
a 6'7" soph. from
Chicago, Ill. "Dewey will
do all the right things for
us. He's not flashy and
you don't really notice the
job he does until you check
the statistics after the
game," Palke commented.
The guard position is
still up for grabs. Palke is
closely looking at senior
Paul Lindsay and junior
Cal Lauwers, both from
Anchorage, Alaska, and
sophomores Jeff Westlund
from Richfield and Mike
Hanley, a transfer from
St. Martins, Wash., as well
as several freshmen.
Ion Fredrickson and
Greg Held will both grad-uate
this year. "Jon has
been a big part of the team
for four years, said Leigh.
"And Greg had a lot of
heart. He was a vital part
of the team this year."
Leigh was disappointed
the team did not make the
play-offs, but had some
positive comments also.
See page 7
The Royals should have
some depth. at the post
position with 6'8" sopho-more
Steve Goodwin and
freshmen Jeff Blumer and
Dion Wolter, an all-state
selection from Wisconsin.
The reserves at wing in-clude
juniors Curt Nettle-ton
and Dave Williams, a
transfer from Superior,
Wisc., and sharp-shooting
sophomore Rich (aeger.
Palke said that this
year's freshmen are the
best group to come to Be-thel
since he has been here.
They have come together
as a team better than any
other he has worked with.
Every one of them was
named to some type of all-star
team. This is good
news especially to Assist-ant
Coach Paul Reasoner
who will be working with
the junior varsity this year.
Dave Blanchard, Mark
Stevens and John Priestly
will also serve as assis-tant
coaches. The very capa-ble
and ever-popular Brad
Kroulik works as the team
trainer, and the Royals
boast the prettiest mana-ger
in the conference in
Kim Oshima.
The success of this year's
team will depend on 1)
whether someone can pro-vide
the floor leadership
needed from the point
guard position and 2) how
long it will take the team
to gain the experience need-ed
to compete in the MIAC.
The conference should be
very balanced this year
with every team capable
of beating every other. The
season begins at home to-morrow
night, with the
junior varsity playing St.
Scholastica at 5:15 p.m.,
and the varsity at 7:30
p.m.
Athletes wind up fall season successfully

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Eighteen white rats are the subjects for the psychology department's personality study (photo
by Dan Velie).
Students struggle for small classes
Crowded classrooms translate into packed hallways before and after chapel, and during class
breaks (photo by Dan Velie).
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St. Paul, Minnesota 55112 the Clarion. Vol. 56, No. 11 Bethel College, St. Paul, MN Nov. 21, 1980
Rats join the Bethel race
by Leann M. Kicker
Do rats have perSonal-ity?
That is the question
Mike Roe, assistant profes-sor
of psychology and Tam-my
Roedel, research assis-tant,
are testing in a study
done here at Bethel.
Eighteen white rats and
about 65 students partici-pate
in the study. The stu-dents
work as raters. The
rater observes the behavior
of the rat in a particular
setting and records the ani-mal's
actions.
The research is strictly
observational. "We don't
do anything cruel to the
rats," said Roedel. "We
only observe their behavior.
We don't use shock, for
example."
The purpose of the study
is to prove _t hat animals
have personality. Roe and
Roedel use the definition
of personality based on
the human model that states
that there are "individual
differences in rats," said
Roedel.
The concept that ani-mals
have-personalities con-trasts
with the behaviorist
theory that animals are
empty organisms influen-enced
by their environment.
So far there has been
little work done in this
.area, according to Roedel.
Roe and Roedel intend to
publish the results of the
research.
Roe and Roedel also think
that the results may be an
aid to animal handlers. Roe-del
said that if they find
personalities in rats, that
information might be help-ful
both in learning to han-dle
difficult animals and
in raising animals that are
easier to handle. This would
be similar to the way know-ledge
of human behavior
is used to help individuals
with behavioral problems,
said Roedel.
This study is a "sta-tistical
study of animal be-havior,
not just a verbal
description," said Roedel.
"That ' should make the
study carry more weight."
The rats are given num-bers
rather than names but
Roedel affectionately calls
many of them "Baby."
When the new science
wing is complete, it will
include a large psycho-logy
department with an
animal laboratory. Roedel
said, "Maybe we will have
other animals besides rats
in the laboratory,"
Prayer chain links women and needs
by Shari Goddard
Like an alarm set-off for
a fire, a group of faculty
wives and other women
at Bethel quickly meets
crises with a chain of pray-er.
When someone phones
a prayer request to Mar-garet
Grudem, chairperson
of the project, she calls the
captains of the three indi-vidual
chains, who then
call the next person on
their lists. In this way,
approximately 40 women
eventually receive the pray-er
request.
As they receive a phone
call, each woman writes
down the message, prays
immediately and calls the
next person on the list. If
no one answers the phone,
she calls the next person
on the list. The group han-dles
answers to prayer in
the same way.
"That (prayer), I think,
is one of the greatest things
we can do," said Nancy
Lundquist, a member of
one of the groups. She add-ed
that when a prayer re-quest
"goes through, we
don't chat about it. It is
given verbatim and it is
passed on verbatim."
Any person can call Gru-dem
at (612) 636-2587 with
a request. Lundquist said
that requests often come
through without specific
details, but "that's fine be-cause
the Lord knows the
details." Calls for help
range from students who
are having problems at
school, to prayer for help
during the delivery of a
baby, to a recent request
for prayer for a possibly
abducted child. If some-one
needs meals delivered
during a crisis, Grudem
said they can also help in
that way.
The chain serves as an
outlet for the Bethel Facul-ty
Women's organization.
Open to women, whether
faculty members or the
wives of faculty members,
see page 3
by JoAnn Watkins
"There are over 50 people
in my Bible class," the fresh-man
exclaimed.
"I think that is a bit
unusual," a friend said.
"There are about 20 in most
of my classes."
"Yeah, and I couldn't
get those smaller classes
because they were closed,"
a third stated.
As these students discov-ered
the size of classes
vary from under 10 to over
100. The smallest classes
are primarily upper level
classes. Directed study pro-grams
generally involve one
student. The advanced class-es
in departments such as
linguistics, Spanish, social
work and theatre arts enroll
a small number of students.
Different sizes of classes
can be found in all depart-ments.
The introductory
courses have the largest
enrollments.
By departments, the great-est
number enrolled, 977,
is in the physical education
skill classes. The average
class size is 22 with 45 dif-ferent
classes meeting dur-ing
the semester.
The largest class, a sec-tion
of Theology I with
139 students, gives the theo-ogy
department the largest
average class size: 71, The
smallest average class size
is 5 in secondary education
which is compromised of
upper level courses.
The Biblical studies de-partment,
a large depart-ment
at Bethel, has an aver-age
class size of 41 with
733 enrolled.
With 445 enrolled in busi-ness
classes, the average
class size is 28. The aver-age
class size for the bio-logical
science and psycho-logy
departments are res-pectively
16 and 35.
Overall the average class-size
at Bethel is 22. This is
not the same as a student-to-
teacher ratio since some
courses are team-taught.
The sizes were figured
from a departmentalized
fall course schedule. The
average is not based on
the number of different
students enrolled in the
department but the num-ber
of enrollments. Student
teaching and labs held in
connection with another
class were not included in
figuring the averages.
see page 3
editorial
Semester end is near:
downhill from here on
To the Editor:
I am writing this letter
in response to Alvera Mick-elsen's
letter to the editor
in the October 31 Clarion.
Since I am composing this
the day after the election
one might think that I
would take the spoils from
the victory of the last twen-ty-
four hours and smugly
be silent.
I cannot. The fact is that
winning an election means
nothing unless one can im-plement
the principles es-poused
in the campaign. I
believe Mrs. Mickelson's
arguments against a hu-man
life amendment are
illfounded for a number of
reasons.
Logically, if one were to
apply Mrs. Mickelsen's pre-mise
to our governmental
processes we would legal-ize
anything we couldn't
completely control. We
now have laws on the
books in all 50 states mak-ing
rape, the sale of hard
drugs, robbery, murder and
countless other actions il-legal.
Have any of these
crimes against humanity
been eradicated? Have any
even been held in check?
Almost all reports indicate
that these crimes are on
the increase.
Should we then conclude
that since we cannot con-trol
these acts we ought to
legalize them as some sug-gest?
The practical rami-fications
of this line of
reasoning are preposter-ou
s.
Biblically the purpose
of government as stated in
Romans 13:1-5 and I Peter
3:13-14 is to be "The ser-vant
of God" who will "exe-cute
His wrath who do
right." This is obviously
an activist role ordained
by God to "withhold the
onslaught of the barbar-ians"
as William Buckley
once said.
We must be mindful that
this mandate was given in
the New Testament not
the Old s- o there is no ques-tion
of its application to
the present day. Also we
must remember that it was
stated to Christians, who
were living under the dom-ination
of a purely pagan
Roman government.
It seems reasonable to
say that God expects far
more from a nation com-posed
of many individu-als
who claim to be
Christ's, who claim to give
allegiance to His Word and
who are directly involved
in a participatory demo-cracy.
We, after all, are the
government in a far great-er
sense than the citizens
in a Roman dictatorship.
As citizens in a demo-cracy
we share responsi-hilit
y for ils.actions unless
we have done all we could
before God to right the
wrongs we perceive. I ad-mit
Tha l America is not a
Christian nation, but that
fact does not excuse Chris-tians
from having a Scrip-ture-
directed influence in
that society.
I reject the idea that we
ought not get involved in
the abortion issue because
it will continue even if a
human life amendment is
see page 3
Dear Editor,
This morning, before I
turned on the shower, I
prayed that it would be
lukewarm. For the past 60
to 70 days my prayer has
been for hot water, but
every morning it's the same
story — freezing cold. I
thought that maybe I was
asking for more than I real-ly
need, so I reduced my
request from hot water to
lukewarm water. Believing
with all my heart, I step-ped
into the shower.
My bloodcurdling scream
brought my roommates
into the bathroom to see,
what the problem was. When
they realized what I was
screaming about, their only
counsel was to "curse God
and die."
Cold showers are only
part of the problem of liv-ing
in Fountain Terrace
Apartments. In my apart-ment,
the .ceiling is only
half there. Although this
makes a great conversa t inn
piece, ii is an inconven-ience.
We live on the third
floor, so the missing ceil-ing
allows falling rain into
the living room. Who knows
what will happen during
the spring thaw. Maybe
we'll build an ark. The
dripping ceiling also limits
where we put the furni-ture
because we have to
maneuver around the pots
and pans that are catching
the drips.
Our refrigerator is an-other
cause of anguish. Our
freezer doesn't freeze. This
means no pizza, frozen vege-tables,
ice cream, fish sticks
and pot pies because either
they spoil or melt all over.
As a consequence, macaroni
and cheese has been our
diet since September.
October 1 another prob-lem
was added to the list.
The heat went on. No mat-ter
if the thermostat is set
on 50 degrees, our apart-ment
is 78 degrees. I didn't
realize thaI when I signed
the lease I ,would gel a
sauna.
Other minor problems
are building my
lion. In the bathroom there
is only one spot to plug in
anything. Four girls with
four hairdryers and four
curling irons with an ocas-sional
hot rollers are all
competing for one solitary
outlet.
Besides this, Our living
room curtains don't shut.
So far this has attracted to
our sliding glass door t
total strangers, water hal-loons,
and pumpkin insides.
The part that scares me
about this is that because
our apartment is so hot,
we have to open the window.
This means anyone could
climb up the balcony when
they see that girls live in
the apartment, because of
the non-shut table curtains,
and walk right into the
living room.
I could go on and men-lion
the problems that Foun-tain
Terrace residents are
having, butt hey corn kvri te
see page 3
letters
Ratify amendment; maintain morality
I should have started with -this one , .
$400 for cold water, hot apartment?
Zoom in. No, not too close. A little bit out of focus. Get
the frame centered on the subject. Ah, back a bit. Got it
in focus? Good. Snap the shutter. You have just photo-graphed
yourself.. You took a while to get into focus.
Things were a bit blurry. It's that time.
Things are at low tide. Depression is setting in.
Things are tough—all over. Spiritual, emotional, social,
Physical—every part of you is tired. We were warned of
this two and a half months ago. But here we are.
Hard to find words. Ideas don't stick together. Com-mas,
periods, semi-colons, question marks—words-land
like a black blob on paper. Topic sentences lack
continuity, paragraphs miss the point. The barrage of
paperwork seems senseless, not to mention endless.
The time we thought we would have for people is
slowly diminiShing; for many it is already gone. We are
on a treadmill that won't stop spinning. At least not for
four more weeks. The end is in sight.
Can you believe it'? We sang a song of beginning only
a short while ago. Now we begin the down side of the
hill, even though th6 climb may feel uphill.
We cry out. "God, it is hard and I nekl your help."
Maybe that's the problem. We forgot to cry out—before
we found ourselves waist-high in immovable mire.
Now we are stuck. We don't have a choice. Only way
out is up. Funny how that works.
Admit it. We have been depending on ourselves more
than we want to confess to. It need not be something to
hide. We are all guilty. If we weren't we wouldn't be in
the mess we are in right now.
We can't turn back and retrace what we have already
done. The future is all we can look for. If we've gotten
ourselves into a predicament, well, we will have to get
ourselves out of that very same predicament. It's tough,
being a student, a prof, a human being. But, you know
what? It can ... it will ... all work out. The picture will
develop clearly—no blurs. God promiSed.
—job
Joy Nannette Banta, edito r
Jay Stuart Russell, associate edi tor''
Shari Goddard, news editor
Ellie Abbott, sports editor
Doug rkey, photography editor
Mari Broman, copy editor
Art Gibbens, production editor
Suanne Hawkins, business manager
ratty Sutton, editorial assistant
Beth Nystrom, graphics
Ted Lewis, columnist
Juan Ortiz, cartoonist
Nance Dornfeld, ad sales
Page 2
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Construction on the science addition 'has begun with the familiar onslaught of machinery,
bricks, noise... and mud (photo by Doug Barkey).
Page 3
Faculty open sexuality forum
by Randy Pate
Bethel faculty and admin-istration
were recently in-volved
in the first of five
forums on human sexual-ity.
Glenace Edwall, asso-cialeprofessor
of pscyhol-ogy,
spoke on "A Psycholo-gical
Perspective on Hu-man
Sexuality."
To the Editor:
I would just like to take
the time to thank openly
at this point in the year,
Dave Lucas, Caryl Brown,
Cindy Robinson, Warren
Barber, Arnie Abens, Deb
Bowman, Janet Brown, San-dy
Erickson, Karen Evans,
Pete Franzen, Randy John-son,
Rick Kreu tzfeld I, Todd
Magnuson, Lams Maxwell
Steve Prange, Patricia San-toian,
Mark Wollan, Keith
Mason, Bobbie Lee, Micheal
Kleven, Eileen Hermanson
and Rich Bell.
Thank you for working
extra hours to raise funds
for the handicapped stu-passed.
Admittedly abor-tions
will continue. But
this same rationale was
used in history when Su-preme
Court Chief justice
Taney wrote in the Dred
Scott decision prior to the
Civil War that black slaves
"had far more than a cen-tury
before been regarded
as beings of an inferior
order, altogether unfit to
associate with the white
race... and that the negro
might justly and lawfully
be reduced to slavery for
his benefit."
Many of the 35 people
present seemed pleased
with the program. Tom
Correll, professor of an-thropology,
said, "This for-urn
ranks right at the top
of any academic intellec-tual
experiences I have
been involved in during
my ten years as a profes-sor
here." Dale Johnson,
dents at Bethel, for giving
time and money to Hope
Missions and for again spen-ding
hours upon hours in
developing a major project
for this year that will im-prove
Bethel College as
well as support outside
local missions. •
You hang in there even
though there is zero praise
and often ridicule of being
a Bethel College senator.
You're a great bunch of
students and it has been
an honor for me to be able
to work with a group that
has as much character as
you.
Charlie
Dean of Men
We have heard the
"rights" of the woman car-rying
the doomed child in
her womb to the exclusion
associate professor of art,
said the talks were 'Just
great."
Faculty Development Co-ordinator
Tom Johnson is
in charge of the program.
He wants the lectures to
bring a number of academ-ic
perspectives to the topic
of human sexuality.
The meetings convene
directly after the regular
faculty meetings. After the
lecture, two respondents,
chosen ahead of time, have
a chance to reply on the
subject matter.
Johnson said the feeling
toward the lecture is good.
He is looking forward to
the upcoming January 6
lecture by Tom Correll on
"An Anthropological Per-spective
on Human Sexual-ity."
Class size, from page 1
An average was not fig-ured
for the applied music
department which involves
the performing groups and
private lessons.
Why could the third stu-dent
in the conversation
above not get into a class
if it was small but closed?
A class is closed when the
number of students regis-tered
for the class reaches
a set limit.
"The limit is set by the
of the equally legitimate
rights of the child just as
we chose to hear only the
rights of Dred Scott's "own-er"
to the exclusion of the
human rights of Mr. Scott.
You may claim that the
unborn child is not human
or not created in the image
of God, but if you cannot
partake of that casuistry
then we cannot partake of
the hypocrisy of ignoring
the child's right to life. The
two positions simply do
not mix.
No, Mrs. Mickelsen, abor-tions
will not end, but the
Scripture's mandate for gov-ernment
is to carry out its
task of punishing the evil
doer and protecting the
innocent whether or not it
is completely effective in
that task. We as Christians
can best show our alle-giance
to our Master by at
least "attempting to effec-tively
protect the rights of
all human life and aiding
the troubled mother with
economic help, spiritual
and psychological comfort,
acceptance in Christian
love and compassion re-gardless
of the repugnance
teacher," said Dr. Paul Fin-lay,
registrar. "It is the
number he wants in the
class." Finlay said the prin-ciples
teachers use for set-ting
the limits include their
style of teaching and their
plans for the class.
"Most often its's the capa-city
of the room," Finlay
said. He said that beCause
all the classrooms are used
during B, G and H modules
the classes may be sche-of
her contemplated acts
and if necessary provide
adoption services to her.
We must never in any
way assist her in destroy-ing
the spark of life in her
that also was created in
the image of God. The on-ly
time we are justified in
taking the life of another
is in self-defense when
that life clearly threatens
our own.
In Psalm 94:16ff the
Psalmist asks "Who rises
up for me against the wick-ed?
Who stands up for me
against the evil doer? ...
Can the wicked rulers be
allied with thee, who frame
mischief by statute? They
band together against the
life of the righteous, and
condemn the innocent to
death." The answer to this
question should include
Christians who consistent-ly
apply complete under-standing
of Scripture to
the difficult problems fac-ing
us.
Sincerely,
Ken Lewis
Bethel Alumnus
(C 66-68 S 7074)
Bethel Field Area Represen-tative
duled in a smaller room
than the teacher originally
desired.
In some situations the
number enrolled may be
more than the limit set by
the teacher or the room
capacity. "They needed in,"
said Robert Weaver, assis-tant
professor of business,
who allowed more stu-dents
than his set limit to
enroll in his business re-sources
management class.
He said his reasons for
allowing a student to enroll
in a full class included late
registration and a need for
the class for a concentra-tion
or cognate. He said he
sets the limit lower than
capacity to allow for this.
Classes for spring semes-ter
will vary in size as
they do this fall. Students
who find classes closed
that they need for their
program may find that teach-their
own letters. Besides,
the proper authorities alrea-dy
know about the show-ers,
the heat, and our ceil-ing
because the Fountain
Terrace A.D.s have com-plained
every week at the
A.D. meetings. Other Foun-tain
Terrace residents have
also brought their com-plaints
to ot herofficials.
My real purpose in writing
this, however, is not to
demand luxury: Comfort
would be nice, but I can
live without that for seven
more months. The question
that has been bothering
me is this: why are we
paying nearly four hun-dred
dollars per month?
ers are flexible on the limits
for their class.
Prayer chain
from page 1
not all members of the
organization also belong
to the prayer chain.
Each year chain mem-bers
re-sign for the group,
to insure interest and avail-ability.
This year three
groups have formed. Mem-bers
have the option of
belonging to a morning,
evening or an all-day
group. This helps estab-lish
when a person can
most easily be reached.
"It helps me feel a part
of Bethel," said Grudem.
"The only thing I regret is
not having kept a log of
the answered prayers." She
said that she plans to keep
one this year.
Several apartments in
the area such as Brighton
Village and Chateau Ro-yal
charge between three
and four hundred dollars
per month — but they have
hot water. They probably
have ceilings that don't
drip, freezers that freeze
and curtains that don't al-low
strange men to peer
into the apartment.
Maybe four hundred dol-lars
is for the fan in the
bathroom that automati-cally
goes on when the
light is turned on.
Sincerely,
Debra A. Anderson
I doubt that many
thought that the Emanci-pation
Proclamation would
summarily end slavery to
say nothing of racism. Yet
Lincoln proceeded to issue
the edict. I can remember
letters
`Great bunch of students'
loaded with character
Amendment, from page 2
when people used this argu-ment
that one "cannot leg-islate
morality" when the
1964 Civil Rights Act was
being hotly debated. Did
racism cease when the act
was passed? Hardly! Then
should we repeal it?
As important as human
dignity, personal freedom
from slavery and civil
rights are, how much more
important is the most ba-sic
right of all: the right of
the innocent to life itself?
The Dred Scott decision
labelled a certain segment
of humanity as sub-human
and therefore not entitled
That sort of reasoning to basic rights. The Su-ironically
sounds like the preme Court's decision in
slogan that says that "every Roe Vs. Wade in 1973 arbi-child
deserves to be a want- trarily and without prece-ed
child." The implication dent did the same thing. It
being that we are doing relegated the unborn child
the unwanted child a favor to the status of a blob, a
when we permit its mur- fetus or the "Products of
der by abortion. Conception" as the seman-tics
define "it." "It" is there-fore
not worthy of protec-tion
under the Constitution
of our land.
Cold water, from page 2
Rick Talbot, senior, helped establish a Bethel branch of the
Intercollegiate Religious Broadcasters (photo by Doug Bar-key).
for a year or two.
I haven't been through
the unspeakable grief of
having several friends and
family members die in one
winter. But I have had to
learn to let my old nature
die, and that process is by
71, , •
no means painless.
I wasn't taught to fish
and plant corn by the fri-endly
forest dwellers. But
the new friends You gave
me have strengthened me
by their kindness and help-ed
me through the tough
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Friend nearby:
right by side,
now he's gone
Page 4
Modern pilgrim can thank God too
by Sue Fahrenkamp
The Intercollegiate Reli-gious
Broadcasters (IRB)
is a national organization
that students at Bethel can
get involved with to assist
in a broadcasting career.
The IRB is a student
branch of the National Reli-gious
Broadcasters (NRB),
a voice for religious broad-casters.
The NRB is a pro-fessionarorganization
which
aids new Christian radio
and television stations that
are just starting out. The
NRB also lobbies in Wash-ington,
D.C.
Students involved in IRB
may attend the annual job
fair, held this year in Wash-ington,
D.C. The members
of IRB pay a reduced rate
at the national and re-gional
conventions. The stu-dents
receive a membership
card and are put on a mail-ing
list. The members of
IRB also get a monthly
magazine entitled "Reli-gious
Broadcasting."
Students can get invol-ved
in IRB by filling out a
registration form and pay-ing
a registration fee. "This
organization is good for
anyone interested in broad-casting,"
said Rick Talbot,
From the November 5, 1953
issue
Article, "Friend Forgotten"
reprinted in its entirety.
He was always there
when I needed him but I
guess that's the only time I
paid much attention to
him. Besides, I had so many
friends. He used to be
around a lot in the morn-ings
but I preferred to
study, so I didn't have
much time to talk to him.
He took too much of my
time.
One day I remember pro-misinp,
I'd go with him
somewhere—I don't remem-by
Jerry Manus
Thanks, God.
You know I didn't cross
an ocean in a small crow-ded
ship. But I did drive a
long way in a car that I
wasn't sure would make
it.
I didn't stand on alien
shores contemplating the
awesome task of creating
a home in the wilderness.
But I was almost over-whelmed
by the prospects
of adapting to a new life
style, and meeting all the
costs involved.
I didn't permanently exile
myself from my home,
friends and loved ones. But
You know, Lord, it wasn't
easy to say goodbye, even
IRB member.
IRB deals with all areas
of broadcasting such as
radio, television and cable
television. The IRB deals
with Christian radio and
television stations around
the world.
The organization is new
around campus, but not
around the country. Phi-lip
Rohler, instructor in
speech-communication, and
Talbot, a Bethel student,
worked to get IRB estab-lished
at Bethel.
Currently 12 students from
Bethel and Northwestern
College are involved.
ber the particular place—
hut it was where he want-ed
to go. But I forgot about
it. Usually the others want-ed
me with them.
He was always asking
me if I loved him. I don't
know why he always ask-ed
me. None of the others
did. He seemed to want
me for himself but there
wasn't much time for that.
There were always so
many other things to do;
studies, games and organ-izations
and church. I'd go
with him there,-but he still
wasn't satisfied.
see page 5
by Naomi Ludeman
How do you spell relief?
C—O—M—P—U—T—E----R
Registering for classes is a
chaotic time. With the pur-chase
of computer termin-als,
Bethel has attempted
to lower the chaos and
pressure during class re-gistration,
Management Information
System (MIS) is the compu-ter
terminal into which fall,
interim and spring classes
were punched. "It's interest-ing
to watch my name and
courses compute onto a
screen," said one student.
Time and cost are chief
advantages of the new sys-tem.
Before last summer, school
registration was a long and
tedious job. The informa-tion
could be fed into a
computer only after the
students registered for their
classes and the computer
cards were collected and
in order.
With the new system,
classes are punched direct-ly
into the terminal and
into students' records. The
system has much less pa-per
work for the registrars.
Laurie Merritt, record su-pervisor,
said, "This fall
registration was more work
because we did it both
ways in case we didn't
operate the machines cor-rectly.".
They did not use
the back-up system for in-terim
or spring registra-
Carol Chryst, the new
registration systems coor-dinator,
said, "The system
will eventually cut costs."
,Previously Bethel bought
time on an off-campus com-puter
system called Pro-gress
Management Services
(PMS). Chryst worked for
PMS for five years before
she came to Bethel.
Anot her advantage of the
new system is the "ease in
handling information," said
Chryst. "I don't have to
look things up in files. It is
great fun!"
The Registrar's Office is
not the only "relieved" off-ice
to use MIS. Public Affairs,
Admissions, Development,
Student Affairs and Stu-dent
Accounts all use the
system. Each office has its
own password into the coin-pu
ter program so that it
can not intrude on other
programs.
The disadvantage to MIS
is that it can break down.
"But a repair man usually
comes the same day to fix
it," said Chryst .
Bethel owns two compu-ters.
One is on the fourth
floor near the dean's off-ice.
This is the school busi-ness
computer. The other
is by Doc's corner for st .u-dent
and faculty use. The
purchase of 11 terminals
last spring makes the sys-tem
complete.
spots.
I didn't travel to a
strange land to find free-dom
to worship You. But I
did come here to learn to
serve You more and to
know You better. So I, too,
am a pilgrim.
And just as the Pilgrims,
after all their hardships,
found it in their hearts to
thank You, so do I. For
considering me worth the
trouble and patience it takes
to cause me to grow, for
watching over me in a stran-ge
place and never turning
Your back on me, I offer
you my own humble thanks-giving.
Thanks God.
Senate turns
project plans
Inside-Out
by Sue Fahrenkamp
The student senate plans
a lighted running track and
increased security on cam-pus
as part of Project In-side-
Out.
The new t rack, considered
because of the demand,
will be lighted, so stu-dents
can run at night. "A
poll taken at Bethel showed
that over half the student
body jogs," said Janet Brown,
student senator. The type
of surface has not been
decided.
A date for the start or
completion of the project
is still uncertain. Pre-sently,
the senate is work-ing
with the administra-tion
to decide where the
track will go. The senate
wants to plan the track
around the new fieldhouse
— in a spot where it will
not be disrupted in five
years by new buildings.
Another senate project
is increased security on
campus. The senate is not
sure which goal will be
completed first.
Senate hopes to raise
funds through Project In-side-
Out. The money will
go for inside projects, such
as the running track, and
projects outside campus,
such as missions.
Project Inside-Out start-ed
last Friday, when sen-ate
sponsored 1 he movie
night. Eight events are plan-ned
throughout the year to
raise money. Sixty per cent
will go for inside projects,
and fort y per cent will go
for the outside project.
IRB aids student broadcasters
Programs offered
in Biblical,
historical and.
theological
studies, missions,
'Christian educa-tion,
church
ministries, and
lay leadership at
the certificate,
master's and
doctoral levels.
Page 5
WildHoney and Camel Hair
Conformity forces 'means to an end' mentality
Lucie R. Johnson, Bethel's new associate psychology profes-sor,
has a special interest in analyzing children's drawings
(photo by Dan Velie).
Johnson explores art
for children's ideas
Lucie R. Johnson, new
associate professor Of
psychology, fits easily in-to
Bethel's Swedish atmos-phere
with her blond hair
and blue eyes.
Johnson is a developmen-tal
psychologist presently.
working on a project with
children's drawings of peo-ple.
The children are three
to four years old, just begin-ning
to draw and no longer
scribble.
According to Johnson,
"Drawing is like evolving
a language. To put objects
on paper and,come to the
realization that a circle can
represent a person is excit-ing.
It is problem-solving."
The purpose of Johnson's
project is to try to under-stand
how and what chil-dren
think when they
draw.
Johnson is married and
has two children: Marc,
12, and Paul, 10. Her hus-band
Earl works with com-puters
and develops soft-ware—
any kind of instruc-tions
one would give a
computer, according to
Johnson.
In her spare time- John-son
likes lo read in many
different areas such as phil-osophy,
theology • and
science fiction. Sometimes
she does some leather tool-ing.
Johnson says that hob-by
"is kind of dead right
now; at Christmas it comes
by Leann M. Kicker more alive."
Johnson came to Bethel
from the University of Min-nesota
Institute of Child
Development where she
worked in research. How-ever,
she likes teaching
very much as she has
taught in other colleges.
So, when an opportunity
came up at Bethel, she took
advantage of it. She likes
working in a Christian col-lege
framework: "It is nice
because you get to help
integrate faith with learn-ing.
In secular schools you
see the need but cannot do
anything unless they ap-proach
you first," she said.
As lime went by I grew
a little stronger and then I
enjoyed 1 he host of com-panions
grouped about Inc.
But I was rat her neglectful
of him. He would talk to
me often and tell me about
as place we might go ()ge-
1 her some day, if I loved
hint But "someday" seem-ed
so far away. Often I
didn't hear him when he
talked for the other voices
Files, from page 4
Then suddenly—with-out
warning—I grew vio-lently
ill and for daysl lay
upon my bed barely con-scious.
During this lime he
never left my side. My
other friends were there
sometimes, t 00.
by Ted Lewis
Computers or students? I/6u decide. "Pieces of intel-lectual
apparatus, ticking away, waiting for the teacher
to push all the familiar buttons: Important Fact ... Big
Idea ... Assignment Due ... Test Question ... Right
Answer ... Required Reading ... click-click-click.
"Watch the teacher—find out what he wants—do it—
get the grade—pass the course--7 take your degree-get
the job—watch the boss—find out what he wants—
do it—get the raise..." Such was Theodore Roszak's
description of his college students.
Computers don't feel emotional stress. Students do
when they function like computers. Last week the
column unveiled a stress-worn student who felt drained
by his education rather than fulfilled. Why do we face
stress?
The symptoms of stress surface through our com-plaints:
"I've got too little time to finish: finish all my
studies and still do other things; I've got too much
homework and too many other things to do; I get so
little fulfillment from dull or difficult studies." So we
hate the pressure, yet submit to the pressure. "Down the
road, it'll pay off," we assure ourselves.
Stress, more common than the common cold, often
results from the virus "disintegratis." When what we do
becomes disintegrated from who we fully are, we're
quite susceptible to this virus. For example, when the
'doing' aspect of washing dishes or writing papers
becomes distasteful to us, the 'finishing' aspect alone
tends to fulfill us. In brief, the process is endured for the
product, be it wages or grades.
If we don't like to study, studying will rub against us.
We all can tolerate certain degrees of stress. In fact,
stress is often helpful, making us adapt to new situa-tions
creatively. But too much stress overloads our
minds and bodies. Some authories say 85 per cent of
all symptoms show a reaction to emotional stress.
- So how do we cope? We can start by opening our eyes
to the 'whats,"whys' and 'knows' of stress and its
causes. The following facts are left open for consider-ation.
Fact: First grade. The sheep are divided from the
goats (and literally in those reading groups with animal
names). Smart ones get rewards for duplicating what
the teacher wants. Dumb ones, labeled 'slow,' get poor
grades. Everyone's status is marked, by and large, for
the next 16 years.
Fact: Even our college grading system rewards "pre-dictable
conformity," reinforcing students to learn
were so loud. As I watched
him, he seemed different
than the others, sort of
quiet but kind and tender,
nevertheless.
quite happy. My friends
grew merry—but he grew
sad.
Then one day he turned
to me and said, "Lovest
Gradually it became ap- thou me more than these?"
parent that I would get I shook my head. And he
well. They never left my t urned and slowly left the
side, nor did he. I was room.
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what is expected of them. This accumulative learning
approach makes knowledge a means to the end of
grades, and often discourages students from integrative
learning. This latter approach views knowledge as a
fulfilling end when creative and critical thought reward
the student.
Fact: "Listen closely, young American. Do you want
to be successful in society? Then ya gotta earn your
education ... yes, earn that degree... and that nice job.
Then you can earn the American dream. You'll never be
happy without money."
Fact: American colleges are increasingly moving
away from liberal arts education and toward career
training education. Specialization reigns. And Bethel is
no exception. While the humanities wane, business
escalates.
Fact: Our economy is dovetailed with our educational
structure. The flat-fee tuition promotes students to
take four courses at a time in order to benefit finan-cially.
This ensures a healthy flow of students to pass
through Bethel. Unfortunately, most full-loaders don't
experience a healthy flow in their studies.
Before reading another article, stop and pull these
facts together. Discover how they may contribute to our
stress. The next "Wild Honey and Camel Hair" will
discuss practical alternatives to help restore an integra-tive
learning experience which indeed fulfills us, not
drains us.
Stay tuned to this channel.
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Magician turns to chemistry at Bethel
by JoAnn Watkins
From its beginnings as a
family celebration in Swe-den,
the Saint Lucia tradi-tion
has been observed in
many Swedish areas and
institutions. This year
Saint Lucia is part of the
Festival of Christmas at
Bethel.
The legend of Lucia orig-inated
in Syracuse, Sicily,
around the year 300 AD.
Lucia, a godly girl, was
engaged to a wealthy noble-man.
When Lucia's mother
became very ill, Lucia pray-ed
that God would restore
her mother's health, prom-ising
that if God would do
this she would give her
dowry to the Church.
Lucia became absorbed
in giving aid to the needy
after she kept her promise
to God for healing her mo-ther.
Her fiance turned her
over to Roman soldiers
who placed her in jail. The
Romans, who were perse-cuting
Christians, tortured
her, but she still professed
Christianity.
Her captors gouged out
her eyes and attempted to
burn her at the stake. She
was put to death by sword,
according to the legend, on
Dec. 13, 304. Later, the
early Church declared Lu-cia
a saint. She is now
known as Santa (Saint)
Lucia, who helped the poor
and gave her life for her
faith.
One legend tells how,
during a famine in Swe-den,
a large ship came
across Sweden's largest
lake. On the deck appeared
Lucia in a white robe with
a crown of light in her
hair. She distributed large
by Laura Phillips
Bethel's chemistry de-partment
has acquired a
new analytical chemist. A
native Californian, Steph-en
Wheeler is a self-taught
amateur magician. He has
given stage shows and
even built some of his own
magic equipment.
"I've always been inter-ested
in magic," said Wheel-er,
"ever since I was a kid."
While living in Minneso-ta,
Wheeler has performed
two magic shows: one
for U of M students at
Middlebrook Hall and one
in a nearby church. At
Bethel, though, Wheeler lim-its
his wizardry to the chem-istry
lab.
amounts of food to the
starving people.
The word. "Lucia" has
been traced to a Latin word
meaning light. When Lucia
is portrayed, she carries a
lamp or torch and her head
is outlined by a halow.
Lucia wears a long, white
robe with a red sash at the
waist and a metal crown
entwined with sprigs of
lingonberries.
The tradition of Lucia is
still celebrated throughout
Sweden. On Dec. 13, the
year's shortest and dark-est
day, Lucia comes and
lights begin to shine. Early
in-the morning on this day
the traditional Lucia cof-fee
is served. In most Swej
dish homes, the eldest
daughter serves coffee and
the customary Lucia buns,
"lussekat ter," to the mem-bers
of the household while
they are still in bed.
Saint Lucia and her
cowl will begin the Festi-val
of Christmas this year
)y Serving coffee and little
rakes to members of the
audience._
Wheeler grew up in Cali-fornia
where he received
his B.S. in chemistry from
the University of Santa
Clara in 1975. He then
moved to Minneapolis
where he received his
Ph.D. from the University
of Minnesota in 1979.
From 1979-1980 Wheeler
taught at Wheaton College,
filling in for a teacher on
sabbatical. While at Whea-ton
he met Jane Kellar, a
former TEAM missionary
to France, whom he will
.marry January 3.
The soft-spoken Wheel-er
joined Bethel's faculty
this fall. "I came to Bethel
by the 'open-and-shut-door
policy'," he said. The year
Wheeler graduated from
the U of M there was no
chemistry opening at Be-thel,
but there was at Whea-ton.
This year the door to
Wheaton closed, and the
door to Bethel opened.
A, Christian for a little
by Gloria Martin
Soon the Guthrie will
start its annual perfor-over
three years, Wheeler
is interested in chemistry
because "it's one way to
look deeper into God's crea-tion,"
he said. "I think the
Lord wants us to look and
marvel at His works."
Wheeler also sees the
natural sciences as a way
to glorify God.
"God has given ,me some-thing
that I can do and I
think He wants me to use
it," Wheeler said.
What does he like about
Bethel so far?
"I really enjoy the chance
to interact with students,"
Wheeler said. "I enjoy the
personable small college
atmosphere and have ap-preciated
the student in-teractions."
He also enjoys Bethel's
campus. "I really like the
campus setting with the
lake and the jogging trails,"
commented Wheeler. "It's
the prettiest campus I've
seen."
mances of "A Christmas
Carol." In Charles Dicken's
delightful Christmas clas-sic
you will see the old
miser, Scrooge, transform-ed
into a loveable man in
one evening. The acting is
exquisite, and the stage is
equally charming.
The Campus Coordina-tors
have purchased 400
tickets for Bethel students.
Tickets are available for
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But, "It would be nice to
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he said with a gentle
smile.
Wheeler believes he has
a ministry here at Bethel.
Focusing his daily class
devotionals on the theme
of living the victorious life,
Wheeler said, "I want to
do more here than just
teach chemistry; I want to
have an - eternal impact.
My number one goal is to
do something that will
count for eternity."
Though kept busy by
teaching four classes, Wheel-er
would like to be more
involved in research, pre-ferably
collaborating with
the research director at the
U of M. He would like to
pursue the areas of elec-trochemistry
and compu-ter
applications in the chem-istry
lab (e.g. interfacing
computers with chemical
instruments).
---- see page 7
The wrestling team prepares for their invitational meet at St. Johns on Dec. 6th. (Photo by Paul
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Page 7
Pep band adds spirit to sports
The Bethel Royal Pep Band
made its debute at the alum-ni
basketball game Satur-day,
Nov. 15.
Basketball coach George
Palke, athletic director
George Henry and band
director Charles Olson
have been working on plans
for the band for over a
year.
"Were really excited
about having a pep band,"
said Palke. "It adds a lot to
the game."
The basketball team and
the athletic department pur-
"We had a super trip to
Illinois and we also be-came
more spiritually to-gether
this year."
The football team, coached
by Dud Lot ton, ended.
the season with a 2 -6 con-ference
record and an over-all
record of 2 - 8. Concor-dia
was conference champ
with a record of 7-2-0 and
Macalester was behind the
Royals at 0 - 7- 1.
Jim Anderstrom led the
to a m p assing.. fo r 1D 88.
yards and ten touchdowns.
Ken Cooper ended the sea-son
with six touchdowns
and 36 pass receptions for
478 yards. Sophomore
Brian Flater ran a total of
350 yards for the season.
The enthusiasm of the
football team was great
this year and Lift ton was
also pleased with the spir-itual
unity of his team.
The women's cross coun-try
team finished the sea-son
placing sixth out of
eleven teams in the state
and 13th out of 23 teams at
the regional meet in Iowa.
Captain Brenda Harris
ran her last college cross
country race this fall as
the first Bethel cross coun-try
runner to complete four
years of competition. She
also lettered every year.
Coach Betz was new this
fall and enjoyed the sea-son.
Reflect ing on the over-all
season, he said, "We
began the season with two
veterans and 13 newcom-ers
to college cross coun-try.
Ellie Abbott ran stea-dy
all season, showing the
efforts of a good summer
program. Lana Lamers,
Brenda Harris, Linda Hall-
' blade, and Chris LeVeseur
ran their best at the mgion-al
meet al Iowa State.
"One of thehighlightsof
chased uniformS1T-shirts
and cowboy hats) for the
band.
The pep band, composed
of about 50 students, is
not limited to members of
the Concert Band. Any instru-mentalist
able to attend
rehearsals and performan-ces
is eligible.
The Bethel Royal Pep
Band rehearses once a week
under the direction of Steve
Lahm, student conductor
of the Concert Band. The
repertoire includes hit
tunes, marches and t radi-the
year for me was the
Friday morning sharing
time. We claimed a number
of God's promises includ-ing
Phil. 4:19: 'My God
shall supply all your needs
according to His riches in
glory in Christ Jesus."
The men's cross coun-try
team ended the season
in seventh place in the
MIAC 'and sixth place in
the NAIA district meet.
Brent Friesen ran the race
of his life at the district
meet and just missed quali-fying
for the national meet
by eight places.
Friesen, a fourth-year let-ter
winner this fall, re-ceived
a plaque for his
achievements. Ross Allen,
Ross Fleming and Dwight
Newman received two-year
awards and Mike Nel-son,
Bob Peitzman and Tim
Snyder were awarded first-year
awards.
Wheeler, from page 6
Though he has no imme-diate
plans for the future
except staying at Bethel,
Wheeler has considered
missions. "I would like to
be a non-professional mis-sionary
and teach the
sciences overseas," he said.
A downhill and cross-country
skier, Wheeler has
also played trombone for
a hobby. He enjoys listen-ing
to classical and roman-tic
symphonic music.
tional pep band pieces.
The band will perform
at one home game each
week throughout the bas-ketball
season. Olson hopes
to see the program expand
to include other sports next
year.
"We're really going to
have a good time in pep
band," said director Lahm.
And that's what pep band
is about, according to Ol-son.
"We're not . trying to
provide a profound musi-cal
experience," he said.
"Our goal is to contribute
enthusiasm, spirit, and
fun to sports events."
Reader contribution by
Dave Anderson, student
Do you feel that the cost of
a college education is in-creasing
uncontrollably? Them
is something you can do to
slow the increasing cost of
a college education.
Director of Physical Plant
Jim Woods estimates that
the electricity for.. the .col-lege
and seminary, plus
heating and cooling for the
acaderhic complex, will cost
about $230,000 for the 1980-
81 schoolyear. With the
utility bills for off-campus
housing and the heating
and other expenses for the
dorms and townhouses, the
figure swells to over
$400,000 — about $200
per student.
Though the utility- bills
at Bethel are • paid by a
special group of alumni,
and students do not direct-ly
pay for the energy they
use, someone pays the bill
for the lights and heat.
There are otherareas where
these funds could be used.
In 1973 the 3M corpora-tion
began an energy con-servation
drive. In the sev-en
years since that pro-gram
began approximate-ly
$40 million was cut
from their energy bill.
Those savings are enough
to operate the company
for one year — free. As of
1979, 26.3 per cent of 3M's
total amount of energy used
per unit of production
was saved.
Bethel's largest energy
consumers are lights, heat-ing
and water heaters. For
every 14 hours that a 75-
watt light is on, it costs
about four cents for electri-city,
for example. At times,
it becomes difficult to stay
warm in townhouses; a
wool sweater or a long-sleeved
flannel shirt can
be just as comfortable as a
high thermostat setting. A
one-degree decrease in ther-mostat
settino
b
equals a
three per cent decrease in
heating costs.
Hot water is a commod-ity
we seem to assume
will always be there. The
lack of hot water for morn-ing
showers could be avoid-ed
if everyone would (1)
turn off the water while
they lather up, (2) take a
somewhat cooler shower,
with less water pressure,
(3) turn off the faucet while
they brush their teeth, (4)
just let the faucet trickle
while they (guys) shave.
Remember, too, that open
doors and windows, wash-ers',
dryers, electric irons,
ovens, toasters, stereos, tel-evisions,
hair dryers and
so on, also use energy, and
not only small quantities of
it.
Some Bethel students'
actions seem to indicate
an attitude that says, "I
have paid my student ac-count
so I deserve to get
my money's worth." That
is a positive attitude with
reference to classes and
studying, but shouldn't ap-ply
to our thinking about
energy use.
Jesus urges us to be good
stewards of what has been
given to us (Luke 16:10
and Matt. 25:21). Our ener-gy
sources have been giv-en
to us, thus the analogy
applies.
Think about snowflakes.
As individual snowflakes
they seem most insignifi-cant.
Add enough snow-flakes
together though, and
they become a snow bank,
difficult to handle. Waste-ful
energy practices also
become more difficult to
deal with as they persist.
Direct any comments or
questions concerning ener-gy
conservation to Dave
Anderson, P 0 265.
, Chapel Schedule
Monday—Dan Taylor
(English prof)
Tuesday—Thanksgiv-ing
special (faculty)
Wednesday—Lee Elia-son
(worship service)
Thursday—Thanksgiv-ing
break
Friday—Thanksgiving
break
Johnson, from page 5
Johnson has a verycom-plimentary
first impres-sion
of Bethel. She said, "It
is the friendliest place I
have ever encountered. Peo-ple
talk to one another,
care about one another.
There is a general caring
atmosphere. Maybe you no-tice
it more when you are
new because people go out
of their way to .make you
feel comfortable."
Two of Johnson's stu-dents
said that Johnson is
easy to talk to and very
funny in class. Her soft-spoken
nature makes her
very easy to talk to about
anything, they said
Fall sports wrap-up, from page 8
You can conserve energy too
The men's basketball team lines up to practice for tomorrow night's game at 5:15 p.m. (Photo by Paul Gavic).
Defense operates as basketball key
Coach Dahl's hockey team opens up their hockey season tomorrow as they travel to Eau Claire.
(Photo by Paul Gavic)
Page 8 sports
Royals open season,
defeat alumni team 6-2
by Becky Dye
The Bethel varsity hock-ey
team opened their third
season last Saturday by
defeating the alumni team,
6-2, at Columbia Ice Arena.
Coach Craig Dahl corn-mented,
"We played pretty
well; there was a lot of
hustle. There are some fun-damental
things we need to
work on."
In the first period at
9:40, Eric Bottila blasted
one unassisted from the
blue line. Two minutes la-ter
Brian Hertel intercept-ed
a pass in front of the net
and fired for the second
score.
Alumnus Tom Correll
scored next- with an unas-sisted
goal into the corner
of the net. The Royals an-swered
this goal almost
immediately on a break-away
scored by Dave John-son.
Alumnus Bill Ostlund
then shot one in from the
by Ellie Abbott
The Bethel athletic pro-gram
had its "ups and
downs" this fall, bust for-tunately,
there were more
"ups" than last year. Al-most
every sport improved
their record from last year,
and the coaches already
look forward to next year.
The volleyball team had
the best season in several
years, and Coach Cindy
blue line to make the score
3-2.
The Royals took off in
the third period scoring
three goals. Dick Smith
scored on a pass to the
front of the net from team-mate
Steve Ries. The same
two teamed up for another
score on a perfectly exe-cuted
play set up in front
of the net by Ries and
tipped in by Smith. The
final goal of the game was
fired in from the blue line
by Guy Kaltman, making
the score 6-2.
Dahl, pointed out that
goalie Eric, "the Sour-dough"
Peterson, "did real-ly
well in the nets." Dahl
also complimented Bruce
Nord's line for doing a "su-per
job."
Tomorrow the Royal
hockey team travels to Eau
Claire, Wisc. Dahl corn-mented,
"They (Eau Claire)
lost to Superior this week.
I think they're in our league;
I think we'll do well."
Book was pleased with
their performance. Reflect-ing
on the season Book
said, "Both the varsity and
junior varsity had one of
the best seasons they have
ever had. The varsity fin-ished
21-11 overall and
the junior varsity finished
the season at 10-3."
The highlight of the sea-son
was the state tourna-ment
in which the Royals
tied for fifth place.
Although Coach Book
by Rob Haglund
This is the second of
two articles on Bethel bas-ketball,
taking a _look at
the strengths, weaknesses
and expectations of the
1980-81 Royal roundbal-lers.
Two things are certain
about the upcoming has-will
lose JoAnn Griffin and
Joy Sorenson to gradua-tion,
the team looks strong
for next year. Book was
encouraged off-season prac-tice
and said, "The return-ing
players are enthusias-tic
about coming back and
hopefully will play in the
spring and summer
U.S.V.B.A. (United States
Volleyball Association) or
attend summer camps."
The soccer team ended
their season with a 6-6-4
ketball season: 1) nothing
is certain and 2) no matter
what happens it should be
an exciting year.
This year's basketball
Royals were hit hard by
graduation, losing four
starters, three of whom
were all-conference. 'How
well the team fills those
vacancies will determine
the extent of their success.
Head coach George Pal-
• ke counts on added quick-ness
and stronger defense
to make up for the lack of
experience. Two players
that the Royals will look
to for experience are co-captains
Greg Edlund and
Andre LaBerge.
Edlund, a 6'5" senior
from Meadow Vista, Calif.,
has the most playing exper-ience
on this year's squad.
He should provide the lea-dership
the Royals need
from his wing position.
LaBerge, a 6'4" junior
from New Hope, Minn.,
will spark this year's team
with his intensity and hus-tle.
Coach Palke obviously
likes the effort LaBerge
puts out: "I doubt if any-one
puts more into the
game than Andre. He will
overall record, compared
to a 5-8-1 record last year.
They finished seventh out
of nine teams in the con-ference.
Coach Mark Leigh
said, "It was really disap-pointing
because we were
one win out of fourth place;
three teams tied for fourth
place."
Sophomore Mark John-son
and junior Andy Lar-son
made all-conference
and all-district this year,
so they will be ready for
action next year.
be our stopper ondefense,"
he said.
Anchoring the front line
will be Jason Velgersdyk,
a 6'8" sophomore from Edi-na,
Minn. According to Coach
Palke, Velgersdyk has pick-ed
up more confidence and
aggressiveness which,
coupled with his outstand-ing
leaping ability, should
make his a threat both
offensively and defensive-ly.
'The "sleeper" on this
year's team could very well
be Dwayne "Dewey" Nord-strom,
a 6'7" soph. from
Chicago, Ill. "Dewey will
do all the right things for
us. He's not flashy and
you don't really notice the
job he does until you check
the statistics after the
game," Palke commented.
The guard position is
still up for grabs. Palke is
closely looking at senior
Paul Lindsay and junior
Cal Lauwers, both from
Anchorage, Alaska, and
sophomores Jeff Westlund
from Richfield and Mike
Hanley, a transfer from
St. Martins, Wash., as well
as several freshmen.
Ion Fredrickson and
Greg Held will both grad-uate
this year. "Jon has
been a big part of the team
for four years, said Leigh.
"And Greg had a lot of
heart. He was a vital part
of the team this year."
Leigh was disappointed
the team did not make the
play-offs, but had some
positive comments also.
See page 7
The Royals should have
some depth. at the post
position with 6'8" sopho-more
Steve Goodwin and
freshmen Jeff Blumer and
Dion Wolter, an all-state
selection from Wisconsin.
The reserves at wing in-clude
juniors Curt Nettle-ton
and Dave Williams, a
transfer from Superior,
Wisc., and sharp-shooting
sophomore Rich (aeger.
Palke said that this
year's freshmen are the
best group to come to Be-thel
since he has been here.
They have come together
as a team better than any
other he has worked with.
Every one of them was
named to some type of all-star
team. This is good
news especially to Assist-ant
Coach Paul Reasoner
who will be working with
the junior varsity this year.
Dave Blanchard, Mark
Stevens and John Priestly
will also serve as assis-tant
coaches. The very capa-ble
and ever-popular Brad
Kroulik works as the team
trainer, and the Royals
boast the prettiest mana-ger
in the conference in
Kim Oshima.
The success of this year's
team will depend on 1)
whether someone can pro-vide
the floor leadership
needed from the point
guard position and 2) how
long it will take the team
to gain the experience need-ed
to compete in the MIAC.
The conference should be
very balanced this year
with every team capable
of beating every other. The
season begins at home to-morrow
night, with the
junior varsity playing St.
Scholastica at 5:15 p.m.,
and the varsity at 7:30
p.m.
Athletes wind up fall season successfully